Ch 203: Aberrations of the Doors of Time! A Rude Awakening for Zhu Di!

A moment later.

Liu Bowen walked out of the Ming Court.

A daze flashed in his eyes. He subconsciously turned his head, and through the wide-open door, he vaguely saw the figure of the Great Ming Preceptor.

In his mind, countless chaotic fragments of memory were still resurfacing, making him feel as if time and space were blurred, and he had traveled back to that glorious Great Ming.

“Preceptor,” he sighed inwardly. Liu Bowen stepped out, as if strolling leisurely in a courtyard. Familiar street scenes were left behind him.

He sensed the surging power filling his body.

It gave him both divinity and the God-Seizing Method against divinity.

It increased his Confucian Qi by an additional 30%, and the Confucian-Taoist Cultivation Method allowed him to have the possibility of enlightenment while reading.

A green-level Heart-Mind Technique…

And so much more!

Any Confucian scholar in the early Ming dynasty should look up to the Great Ming Preceptor. Because he was an immortal monument in the history of Confucianism! He truly rewrote everything in the early Ming dynasty.

The more powerful a Confucian scholar was, the more they revered him. Especially when comparing the original historical records with the new memories in his mind, it was natural to understand what that person meant…

And to understand more deeply why that mastermind, who seemed to have tampered with history, tampered with an era, and tampered with the memories of countless heroic spirits…why did he hysterically and completely erase his traces from history!

Liu Bowen knew very well how those people in Kyoto would view him, perhaps they would see him as a joke? But he didn’t care.

His loyalty to that person, his gratitude to that person, was real! Since it was real, why should he care about the opinions of others?

Moreover, the reward he received this time for dispelling the mist was also extremely great. Although it was widely rumored among the people that Zhuge Liang controlled three parts of the world, and Liu Bowen unified the world, in reality, as a Heroic Spirit, perhaps because of the era, he was weaker than Zhuge Kongming in terms of skills.

But now, after a series of enhancements, Liu Bowen really dared to say that he was not weaker than anyone.

Most importantly…

“The truly intelligent people have realized it.” Liu Bowen appeared at the entrance of his grotto-heaven, silently stepped in, and sat down cross-legged.

Compared to the extremely prosperous Ming grotto-heaven, the grotto-heaven where he lived was terrifyingly quiet and simple, with towering trees, dense weeds, and a small thatched hut.

He raised his head, his gaze deep, as if piercing through the years, seeing the essence of the world.

“The world is constantly changing greatly…and the Great Ming Preceptor is at least one of the central points!”

Liu Bowen’s gaze was deep, “I will bet the future on you…will you become a new generation of the Three Sovereigns, or…like the former Nüwa?”

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The Heavenly Prison.

The Great Ming Preceptor followed Zhu Yuanzhang’s figure, his eyes flashing with strange light, scanning the surroundings.

In terms of the degree of vigilance, it seemed ordinary. But Chu Mo knew that since this place could become the number one prison in the Divine Province, the more ordinary it looked, the more terrifying it was.

As they gradually went deeper, Chu Mo’s expression became solemn. Every time the Great Ming Preceptor walked into the next passage, it was a spatial transfer.

Perhaps the Great Ming Preceptor, who did not have the Space Authority, could not sense this, but Chu Mo’s main body’s gaze was projected over. As the owner of the Space Ancestral Sorcery skill, he was too sensitive in this regard.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped.

From the front, came beast-like roars.

Chu Mo’s eyes narrowed slightly. Controlling the Great Ming Preceptor, he stood beside Zhu Yuanzhang. He saw a man with a ferocious face, bound by one divine rope after another. A dark Heroic Spirit vaguely floated beside him.

The Heroic Spirit wanted to break free from his body, but was restrained by the chains.

“Zhu Di! Is he actually like this?” Chu Mo’s expression was somewhat complicated. He didn’t recognize the Awakened One in front of him, but he recognized the person on the opposite side, the dark Heroic Spirit that constantly appeared on his body.

“Have you figured out what exactly happened to him?” Chu Mo looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s expression became gloomy, “I don’t know. His body…carries a very terrifying and corrosive power.”

Zhu Yuanzhang flicked his finger lightly, and a trace of black light suddenly penetrated out of Zhu Di’s body, instantly appearing on his palm, and actually began to constantly penetrate and soak in. Then, Zhu Yuanzhang spat out a breath and directly cut off the concept of black light.

“The currently known information is that this energy is very versatile…the increase in cultivation is far more than spirit stones, including high-grade spirit stones. At the same time, if you use this energy to replace the Heroic Spirit Power in your body, the destructive power will double…not to mention the additional corrosive power!”

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he suddenly smiled bitterly. No wonder the fourth son’s cultivation…could improve by leaps and bounds to such an outrageous extent! It’s just a pity that this is not, or rather, not just a great opportunity…but also a great disaster!

“Sounds invincible?” Chu Mo said thoughtfully.

“But the consequences…” Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t say much, but the meaning was obvious. It was very clear that Zhu Di at this moment was the consequence…

“Energy specifically targeting Heroic Spirits?!” Chu Mo’s brows furrowed even tighter.

“To be precise, Divine Heroic Spirits!” Zhu Yuanzhang said with some hesitation.

Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent. He almost forgot that Zhu Di was indeed a Divine Heroic Spirit…Zhu Di should possess the divinity of the Great Emperor Zhenwu!

The Great Emperor Zhenwu, who could be crowned with the name of Great Emperor in the heavens, his strength was beyond doubt. Perhaps he could not compare with the Jade Emperor or the Five Emperors, but he was also a top-level god only second to them! From this, one could imagine how high Zhu Di’s Heroic Spirit grade was…

But…

“Wait…so that’s how it is!” Chu Mo recalled the past and realized what Zhu Yuanzhang had brought him here for.

He took a deep look at Zhu Yuanzhang, but he didn’t shirk. His gaze suddenly condensed, and a terrifying purple light bloomed all over his body. Volume after volume of scriptures slowly floated out, constantly extending around him.

Countless recitations of Confucian classics suddenly came out.

Teacher of Ten Thousand Generations!

Chu Mo felt that Zhu Yuanzhang’s purpose…should be to awaken Zhu Di’s memory!

Chu Mo had long discovered that after he traveled through parallel worlds and projected to the main world after the end, the memories of the Heroic Spirits awakening in the same era were actually quite clear…

Although they were still fragments, at least they could roughly sort out the logic and life experience, which was completely different from the orthodox Heroic Spirit awakening.

Therefore, the probability of him encountering a situation where he would immediately acknowledge someone as his superior was very high…and even top-level experts like Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen would also be affected by that terrifying emotion.

In theory, although there had been many instances of immediate acknowledgment of superiors in the past, they were basically during the weak period. With the constant strengthening, the state of mind would also become more and more terrifying, not to mention how small the probability of memory awakening would be later on. Even if it really awakened, he could also dilute it with his own massive memory…

But his situation seemed to ignore this concept.

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Top experts…were affected in the same way as ordinary Heroic Spirit Awakeners.

It was simply outrageous…In the past, there had never been such a thing as a powerful sub-Heroic Spirit being so respectful to the parent Heroic Spirit…especially when the person involved was one of the Three Sovereigns like Zhu Yuanzhang. Chu Mo suspected that it was not only because what he did was awesome, but also because of the Doors of Time.

The divine light constantly shone, and a large number of chanting sounds rang out. Moreover, Chu Mo deliberately chose to recite those Confucian classics and Principle Investigation classics that he personally used to enlighten Zhu Di.

“Ahhhhh!” Zhu Di’s face became twisted. He remembered something and felt his brain was splitting with pain, “I am Zhu Di…I am Zhu Di! I, I am the Great Demonic Lord! The Yongle Emperor who made the Pope of Confucianism kneel down to crown me! No, no!”

“Zhu Xun. Do you still remember this name!” Zhu Yuanzhang recited softly. However, Zhu Di kept struggling, as if he hadn’t heard it, his face becoming more and more ferocious and crazy.

“What is this name?” Chu Mo looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some curiosity.

“It’s his True Name as an Awakened One!” Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and sighed, “From the current point of view, perhaps the most likely result…is that even if he wakes up, he will lose all his past memories, but he will awaken the memories of the Yongle Emperor because of you.”

After a brief silence, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly, “Even if the awakened memories are incomplete, he will feel…as if he is the Yongle Emperor reborn, coming back? Perhaps this is good too…”

“Of course, now we can only try to save him, because we don’t know the origin of the strange energy on his body…maybe even if the Yongle memory is revived, he can only be awake for a short time, and finally turn into this ghostly appearance!”

“Yes…” Chu Mo responded and continued to look at Zhu Di. He naturally couldn’t tell Zhu Yuanzhang that at the moment he saw that strange black energy, Chu Mo, who was far away in another world, felt the Doors of Time in his mind tremble.

He felt the hunger of the Doors of Time, as if it had seen an unprecedented feast.

There were doubts in Chu Mo’s heart, but it was absolutely impossible for his main body to go to Kyoto in person.

“Can we use the Heroic Spirit to absorb it?” A flash of inspiration flashed in Chu Mo’s mind.

After the Great Ming Preceptor stated his request, Zhu Yuanzhang flatly refused, “You want a trace of the corrosive energy to sense it? Why did you suddenly think of this? Your strength is too weak…even if you are not a Divine Heroic Spirit! You may also be greatly affected…No, you at least have divinity!”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of something. After all, he also possessed the divinity of the Red Emperor. Moreover, in history, he had completely digested it…Just this was a gold-level skill. His son’s situation must be even more outrageous than him…

“Is that so…” The Great Ming Preceptor rubbed his eyebrows, thought for a long time, and then thought of something. He weighed his words and said, “Actually, it’s difficult for this guy to completely return to normal just by me coming over…Otherwise, let the Netherworld Emperor come over and try it out!”

“…Him?” Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment. What did this have to do with the Netherworld Emperor? He and Zhu Di didn’t even know each other.

“He has a skill specifically for awakening people!” The Great Ming Preceptor was very frank.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s expression changed instantly.

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Twenty minutes later.

The Netherworld Emperor also walked into the prison, glanced around, and smiled silently, “Let me go in first…Using that Heroic Spirit skill requires me to do it in person!”

“You shouldn’t be crazy enough to directly absorb the black energy on his body, right?” Although Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Chu Mo couldn’t be so stupid, he still reminded him.

Chu Mo glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang speechlessly. He actually wanted to absorb it a little. It wasn’t because he was courting death, but because he had confidence in the Doors of Time in his mind. The stronger his strength, the more he could understand how terrifying the Doors of Time was!

If it could arouse his interest, maybe absorbing it would allow it to have more functions…For Chu Mo, no matter how highly he valued it, it would not be an exaggeration. However, with Zhu Yuanzhang by his side, there was no such possibility…

Zhu Yuanzhang formed one seal after another with his palms, and more shackles condensed in the void, constantly binding Zhu Di. He even outlined one formation after another in the void, completely sealing off all the cultivation in Zhu Di’s body.

“…You also know formations?!” The Great Ming Preceptor was shocked.

“Dad, what are you saying!” Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes, “Can’t I learn if I don’t have this skill…Although I’m not proficient, but with my realm, learning from a high position, I still see through a few essences, so it’s natural to use…”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t say anything more. He took out his token, gently swept it, and the void in front of him opened. The Netherworld Emperor forcibly suppressed all kinds of thoughts in his heart and walked into it. Then, he gently clenched his palm in the void.

Great Power: Buddha!

After this Great Power was transformed into a Heroic Spirit skill, Chu Mo not only awakened a lot, but also the power that originally only appeared on the Honored One Demon. Most importantly, all the powers related to Buddhism that he originally controlled were also integrated into it, such as the many mysteries of Fa Hai that he cultivated through deduction, such as the Mighty Heavenly Dragon…

A Rude Awakening was also like this!

A staff condensed in his hand. Then, under Zhu Yuanzhang’s stunned gaze, it slammed down on Zhu Di’s head.

Zhu Di’s body twitched, and pain appeared on his face.

“Damn, it’s really useful?!” Zhu Yuanzhang gasped. Even if Zhu Di’s cultivation was suppressed at this moment, it was impossible for Chu Mo, who was only at the peak of the fourth level, to break his defense. It was only possible that this Heroic Spirit skill truly affected Zhu Di…

Moreover…

“Buddha?!” Zhu Yuanzhang chewed on this name, his eyes somewhat deep. He hadn’t had time to look at the reports uploaded by the people below because he was too busy, so he naturally didn’t know what kind of techniques the Netherworld Emperor controlled…

Therefore, he was really shocked now.

Because of his early experiences, Zhu Yuanzhang actually also had the attribute of a Buddha’s Disciple. He actually suspected that he had also received investment from Buddhism!

It was precisely because he had this skill that he could understand how terrifying Chu Mo was at this moment. Among the Buddhist experts he had seen in his life, Chu Mo could definitely rank in the top ten in terms of the strength of his Buddha-nature.

One had to know that with his realm and vision, this range did not only encompass the Divine Province…Even if it encompassed the Great Thousand World in South Asia, which was known as the birthplace of Buddhism, Chu Mo was still the same. This could only be described as terrifying!

Chu Mo naturally didn’t know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking. He continued to control the Netherworld Emperor to constantly use A Rude Awakening.

After he understood the situation, he basically confirmed that Zhu Di was his true successor! The second generation of the Great Demonic Lord.

Of course, in fact, in ancient times, Chu Mo did indeed prefer Zhu Di. After all, he was the Yongle Emperor! Under the circumstances that he could be saved…he naturally had to save him!

Moreover, Zhu Di’s current strength was also extremely terrifying, and could even make Zhu Yuanzhang feel slightly tricky. If he could be saved, wouldn’t it be equivalent to having another Mount Tai-level backer behind him?!

However, after using it for an entire afternoon, Zhu Di was still in a daze.

“…What exactly!” Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly, somewhat worried.

“No need to panic or worry.” The Great Ming Preceptor calmly comforted, “A Rude Awakening, washing the heart…this actually has a certain probability, and there is a huge difference in our cultivation levels…However, as long as we keep experimenting, we will always succeed!”

“…Probability?!” Zhu Yuanzhang realized something, his pupils contracted, and a monstrous wave was set off in his heart, “Wait…that’s right, I should have realized it long ago!”

Skills that increase probability and percentage are the most terrifying skills!

For example, although they were both red skills, the basic cultivation method that Chu Mo guided to awaken, which could directly increase the quality of the Heroic Spirit Awakener’s spiritual power and foundation strength by a percentage, the high-level Qi Cultivation Method, including the current Confucian-Taoist Method, were especially different for Heroic Spirit Awakeners.

The more powerful a person was, the more it was like this. For existences like Zhu Yuanzhang, a Qi Cultivation Method could add several percent to the quality of his Qi…He wouldn’t exchange it for a purple skill!

And probability methods, this kind of Heroic Spirit skill that could take effect regardless of level, was as rule-breaking as the method of percentage increase…

Transcendent method!